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img Document with photo and biographical information titled "Role Reversal" (ddr-ajah-6-495)

Caption below photo: Yoshio Itahara and his wife, Hama Komatsu, shortly after arriving in Alameda, CA., from Hiroshima, Japan, in 1902. Photo by Mataichi Ozeki, the best of the Issei photographers in Alameda at the time.

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 23 (February 21, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-112)

Selected article titles: "'Stick It Out!' Director Advises"; "Race Relations Services"; "On the Other Hand"; "Exchange Plan Hits Snag, Says Congressman"; "More Than 100 Returned to Fresno Area, WRA Says"; "Chinese Group Extends Welcome"; "'It Was an Experience!' Nurse Nisei Says in Writing Off Seattle Hospital Affair"; "Want Ads Today"; "'I'm Not Pioneering Type,' Nurse Says"; …

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img Group in costume for stageplay "An Old Kentucky Garden" (ddr-ajah-4-49)

Caption below photo: Cast members from "An Old Kentucky Garden" stageplay at JME Alameda, CA March 1937

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img Group of children outside building (ddr-ajah-4-7)

Caption below photo: Nisei children in Alameda, CA, circa 1919. Hiroshi Abe drowned in the Alameda estuary while he was looking after some younger children. Individuals identified

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img Group of women in front of a car (ddr-manz-10-2)

Original caption: "Gazelles 1942."

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img Class photo from Porter School in Alameda (ddr-ajah-6-497)

Caption below photo: Nisei Youth at Porter School.

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doc The Minidoka Herald Special Edition (February, 1944) (ddr-densho-483-94)

Selected article titles: "The work of the Federated Christian Church of Minidoka" (p. 1); "A glimpse into the barrack colony of Minidoka" (p. 1), "The vision of the worldwide church" (p. 1), "Greetings from Minidoka" (p. 1), "Structure of the Federated Christian Church of Minidoka" (p. 1), "The work of the Minidoka Project elementary schools" (p. …

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img Shizuto Kawamura with friends and family (ddr-ajah-6-166)

Caption below photo: Friends welcome Shiz Kawamura after he returns to Alameda, CA., from Japan, after World War II ended. Photo circa 1954-1955. Two copies of photos, one with names identified.

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Narrator Mitsuye May Yamada

Female, child of Issei parents. Born July 5, 1923, in Fukuoka, Japan while her mother and two older Nisei brothers visited relatives. Named Mitsuye Mei Yasutake at birth. From age 3, grew up in Seattle, WA. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December …

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img Group of women and children outside building (ddr-ajah-4-60)

Caption below photo: Women and children pose in front of the former chapel of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA. 1954

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img Group photo of men and women at gathering (ddr-ajah-6-149)

Caption below photo: A gathering for Niseis from the Buddhist Temple (BTOA) and Japanese Methodists (BV) in Alameda, CA, circa late 1940s or early 1950s

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doc Document with photo of Alameda ATK and Meiji University baseball teams and transcription of article about game (ddr-ajah-5-40)

Document includes names. Caption below separate photo: Alameda ATK vs Meiji team (from Japan) - Alameda, CA Meiji tour of America. Geizaburo Okada was head coach at Meiji University from 1923-1935.

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vh Mitsuye May Yamada Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-137-39)

Filming Mitsuye and Nellie; emotional reaction to returning to Minidoka camp site

Mitsuye Yamada was interviewed together with her two surviving brothers, William Toshio Yasutake and Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. She was interviewed individually on October 9-10, 2002.

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their …

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img Nisei soldier with family (ddr-densho-37-753)

Original WRA caption: Former S. Sgt. Henry H Gosho, Mrs. Gosho (seated) and their eighteen month-old daughter Carol Jeanne are shown with a few of the new Yorkers who attended a dinner in his honor on September 12, 1945, at the Toyo Kwan Restaurant in New York City under the auspices of the new York Chapter …

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doc Program for "An Old Kentucky Garden" (ddr-ajah-4-56)

Seventh Benefit Entertainment of the Young Peoples Epworth League. Includes ads for local businesses,

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vh Mitsuye May Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-137)

Female, child of Issei parents. Born July 5, 1923, in Fukuoka, Japan while her mother and two older Nisei brothers visited relatives. Named Mitsuye Mei Yasutake at birth. From age 3, grew up in Seattle, WA. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December …

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doc Book of 70th Anniversary of Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-446-455)

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the Japanese Christian Mission in North America. This book traces the history of JCC within the larger setting of national and local events, and some of the photos and narratives may be of interest. Ai Chih Tsai was pastor at JCC from 1948 to …

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doc 70th Anniversary of the Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-densho-474-53)

The Japanese Congregational Church's 70th Anniversary book traces the history of JCC within the context of national and local events.

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